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传真

chuánzhēn

fax

A person beside a fax machine
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Characters in this word

传 chuán

Strokes
6
Radical
亻 — man, person
Made of
亻 man, person 专 concentrated, specialized
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

真 zhēn

Strokes
10
Radical
目 — eye
Made of
直 straight, vertical 几 small table
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 请发传真。 Qǐng fā chuánzhēn. Please send a fax.
  • 我收到传真。 Wǒ shōu dào chuánzhēn. I receive a fax.
  • 传真来了。 Chuánzhēn lái le. The fax has arrived.

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